Political Quotes

“one of the great treasures of Vermont is Howard Frank Mosher. Mr. Mosher is a writer who knows and understands Vermont, and in books like ``Where The Rivers Flow North,'' he makes any Vermonter know they are home. A recent article in The Burlington Free Press by Sally Pollak speaks to the man he is, and I would like to take this opportunity to share this with the Senate. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record, the article to which I referred. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: [From the Burlington Free Press] All Roads Lead to Kingdom County (By Sally Pollak) (Vermont author Howard Frank Mosher has lived in the Northeast Kingdom since 1964 and the region is character-like in his books. Free Press Staff Writer Sally Pollak and Free Press photographer Glenn Russell spent a day traveling the roads in the north country with Mosher, listening to his stories and discovering his sense of place.) Irasburg--The tan Nissan rolling down the dirt road in Brownington came to a slow stop, and the man behind the wheel surveyed the shallows and grooves of mud in front of him. The place he wanted to go was on the far side of the mud pit, and up a small hill that curved out of sight. Two men with trucks were on the other side of the mud ravine. The Nissan driver left his car to approach the men. I was in the back seat of the Nissan.…”